Ex-soccer coach pleads not guilty to having 13-year-old girl make porn videos

SANTA ANA - A former coach of an Irvine-based girls' soccer team pleaded not guilty Tuesday to having a 13-year-old girl make pornographic videos of herself for him, some of which he allegedly posted online.

Robert Vincent Peace, 45, of Lake Forest, met the girl, who is from Endicott, N.Y., through an online video chat room in 2009, Deputy District Attorney Jennifer Walker said. He had the girl send him videos of herself masturbating, she said.

Peace, a citizen of the United Kingdom, later threatened to post the videos online if the alleged victim did not continue to send new pornographic pictures of herself, Walker said. Peace posted some of the videos online anyway, she alleged.

Prosecutors today charged Peace, who was arrested Friday, with 16 felonies and a sentencing enhancement allegation for substantial sexual conduct with a child.

An Orange County Superior Court judge doubled Walker's bail to $500,000 at his arraignment, Walker said.

Peace allegedly possessed more than 1,500 images and more than 300 videos of child pornography featuring teenage girls on his computer, Walker said.

Someone in Peace's family came across the alleged child pornography in February 2011 and gave the hard drive to Orange County sheriff's deputies, Walker said.

That prompted an investigation headed by the Orange County Child Exploitation Task Force, which includes agents from U.S. Immigration and Custom Enforcement, Orange County Sheriff's Department and Huntington Beach Police Department.

Investigators suspect there may be more victims because Peace coached the Irvine Blades, a soccer team for girls younger than 14, Walker said.

The charges against Peace include three of lewd acts on a child younger than 14, six of lewd acts on a child, three of contacting a child with the intent to commit lewd acts on a child, two of using a minor for sex acts and one each of using a child for distribution of obscene material and possession and control of child pornography.